Bootstrapping battery-freewireless networks: Efficient neighbor discovery and synchronization in the face of intermittency

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Abstract

Due to their favorable size, cost, and sustainability, batteryfree devices are preferable in various applications. However, battery-free devices operate only intermittently since ambient energy sources, such as light and radio-frequency signals, are often too weak to continuously power the devices. This paper addresses the unsolved problem of efficient device-to-device communication in the face of intermittency. We present Find, the first neighbor discovery protocol for battery-free wireless networks that uses randomized waiting to minimize discovery latency. We also introduce Flync, a new hardware/software solution that synchronizes indoor light harvesting nodes to powerline-induced brightness variations of widely used lamps, which we exploit to further speed up neighbor discovery. Experiments with an open-source prototype built from off-theshelf hardware components show that our techniques reduce the discovery latency by 4.3× (median) and 34.4× (99th percentile) compared with a baseline approach without waiting.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelProceedings of the 18th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, NSDI 2021
Herausgeber (Verlag)USENIX Association
Seiten439-455
Seitenumfang17
ISBN (elektronisch)9781939133212
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2021
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheUSENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC)

Konferenz

Titel18th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation
KurztitelNSDI 2021
Veranstaltungsnummer18
Dauer12 - 14 April 2021
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OrtOnline
StadtBoston
LandUSA/Vereinigte Staaten